Sidelink beam failure detection
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a first node may transmit, to a second node on a beamformed link from the first node to the second node, a first signal, wherein the first node and the second node are associated with common timing; determine whether a second signal, based at least in part on the first signal, is received on a beamformed link from the second node to the first node; and transmit a third signal based at least in part on receiving the second signal or perform a sidelink beam failure recovery procedure based at least in part on determining that the second signal is not received. Numerous other aspects are provided.
1. A first node for wireless communication, comprising:
a memory; and
one or more processors operatively coupled to the memory, the one or more processors configured to:
transmit, to a second node on a beamformed link from the first node to the second node, a first signal,
wherein the first node and the second node are associated with common timing;
determine whether a second signal, based at least in part on the first signal, is received on a beamformed link from the second node to the first node; and
transmit a third signal on the beamformed link from the first node to the second node based at least in part on receiving the second signal; or
perform a sidelink beam failure recovery procedure based at least in part on determining that the second signal is not received.
2. The first node of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first signal, the second signal, or the third signal comprise channel state information reference signals.
3. The first node of claim 1 , wherein the first signal, the second signal, and the third signal are associated with respective resource allocations that are known to the first node and the second node before transmission of the first signal.
4. The first node of claim 3 , wherein the respective resource allocations are determined by one or more of the first node or the second node.
5. The first node of claim 3 , wherein the respective resource allocations are determined by a base station associated with the first node or the second node.
6. The first node of claim 1 , wherein the beamformed link from the first node to the second node and the beamformed link from the second node to the first node are a same link.
7. The first node of claim 1 , wherein the common timing is determined based at least in part on a base station associated with the first node and the second node.
8. The first node of claim 1 , wherein the common timing is determined based at least in part on positioning systems of the first node and the second node.
9. The first node of claim 1 , wherein the beamformed link from the first node to the second node and the beamformed link from the second node to the first node are associated with a ProSe sidelink interface.
10. The first node of claim 1 , wherein the first node and the second node comprise user equipment.
11. The first node of claim 1 , wherein the first node and the second node comprise integrated access and backhaul nodes.
12. The first node of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors, when performing the sidelink beam failure recovery procedure, are configured to perform the sidelink beam failure recovery procedure based at least in part on failing to receive the second signal a threshold number of times.
13. A second node for wireless communication, comprising:
a memory; and
one or more processors operatively coupled to the memory, the one or more processors configured to:
determine whether a first signal is received from a first node on a beamformed link from the first node to the second node,
wherein the first node and the second node are associated with common timing;
determine whether to transmit, on a beamformed link from the second node to the first node, a second signal based at least in part on whether the first signal is received; and
receive a third signal based at least in part on the second signal; or
perform a sidelink beam failure recovery procedure based at least in part on failing to receive the first signal or the third signal.
14. The second node of claim 13 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to transmit the second signal based at least in part on receiving the first signal.
15. The second node of claim 13 , wherein the beamformed link from the first node to the second node and the beamformed link from the second node to the first node are a same link.
16. The second node of claim 13 , wherein the beamformed link from the first node to the second node and the beamformed link from the second node to the first node are associated with a ProSe sidelink interface.
17. The second node of claim 13 , wherein the one or more processors, when performing the sidelink beam failure recovery procedure, are configured to:
perform the sidelink beam failure recovery procedure based at least in part on failing to receive one or more of the first signal or the third signal a threshold number of times.
18. A method of wireless communication performed by a first node, comprising:
transmitting, to a second node on a beamformed link from the first node to the second node, a first signal,
wherein the first node and the second node are associated with common timing;
determining whether a second signal, based at least in part on the first signal, is received on a beamformed link from the second node to the first node; and
transmitting a third signal on the beamformed link from the first node to the second node based at least in part on receiving the second signal; or
performing a sidelink beam failure recovery procedure based at least in part on determining that the second signal is not received.
19. The method of claim 18 , wherein at least one of the first signal, the second signal, or the third signal comprise channel state information reference signals.
20. The method of claim 18 , wherein the first signal, the second signal, and the third signal are associated with respective resource allocations that are known to the first node and the second node before transmission of the first signal.
21. The method of claim 18 , wherein the beamformed link from the first node to the second node and the beamformed link from the second node to the first node are a same link.
22. The method of claim 18 , wherein the beamformed link from the first node to the second node and the beamformed link from the second node to the first node are associated with a ProSe sidelink interface.
23. The method of claim 18 , wherein performing the sidelink beam failure recovery procedure further comprises performing the sidelink beam failure recovery procedure based at least in part on failing to receive the second signal a threshold number of times.
24. A method of wireless communication performed by a second node, comprising:
determining whether a first signal is received from a first node on a beamformed link from the first node to the second node,
wherein the first node and the second node are associated with common timing;
determining whether to transmit, on a beamformed link from the second node to the first node, a second signal based at least in part on whether the first signal is received; and
receiving a third signal based at least in part on the second signal; or
performing a sidelink beam failure recovery procedure based at least in part on failing to receive the first signal or the third signal.
25. The method of claim 24 , further comprising transmitting the second signal based at least in part on receiving the first signal.
26. The method of claim 24 , wherein the beamformed link from the first node to the second node and the beamformed link from the second node to the first node are a same link.
27. The method of claim 24 , wherein the beamformed link from the first node to the second node and the beamformed link from the second node to the first node are associated with a ProSe sidelink interface.
28. The method of claim 24 , wherein the first node and the second node comprise user equipment.
29. The method of claim 24 , wherein the first node and the second node comprise integrated access and backhaul nodes.
30. The method of claim 24 , wherein performing the sidelink beam failure recovery procedure further comprises:
performing the sidelink beam failure recovery procedure based at least in part on failing to receive one or more of the first signal or the third signal a threshold number of times.